Chevening Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OCIS) Fellowship 2027-2028 (Fully-funded) – YOA

Deadline: October 6, 2026

Applications are open for the Chevening Oxford Centre for Islamic Studie (OCIS) Fellowship 2027-2028. The Chevening Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OCIS) Fellowship is a collaboration between the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the OCIS. It is open to functions from mid-profession professionals and teachers who’re devoted to selling educational actions that encourage a extra knowledgeable understanding of the tradition and civilisation of Islam and up to date Muslim societies.

Fellows will discover ways to have interaction with advanced international challenges via the lens of Islamic thought, diplomacy, and up to date coverage, whereas deepening their understanding of worldwide relations, interfaith dialogue, and management in various cultural contexts. The fellowship will happen on the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies.

Benefits

Each fellowship contains: 

• Five-month interval of analysis at OCIS 
• Living bills for the length of the fellowship 
• Return financial system airfare  
• Allowance bundle for analysis-associated actions 

Eligibility

• Be a citizen of one of many following nations and resident in one among these nations on the level of application: Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Senegal, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, or Uzbekistan
• Hold a postgraduate degree qualification (or equal skilled coaching or expertise in a related space) on the time of application
• Have important skilled and/or educational analysis expertise (at the very least 5 years)

*Note: Under current UK Government laws, Afghanistan and Sudan residents are unable to acquire a Study Visa to enter the UK; nevertheless, this doesn’t have an effect on fellowship visa routes. Afghanistan and Sudan residents are nonetheless eligible to apply for the Chevening OCIS Fellowship. For probably the most up-to-date info, go to the UK Government web site. They are unable to supply any additional steerage past what’s printed there.

Application

The length of this fellowship is 5 months.

• Start: October
• End: March

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to Chevening OCIS Fellowship.